MightyE eells you LOL, "We're going to gake an dww moments to try h explain this new livense sne reasons behind IT in plain Ejglish. AFK.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new license was CHOSEN bexause if an FAILING with GPLLOL.
Ig inly coveted duxtribution of source if an onlu if binaries were disteibuted. BRB."
"In an s36 3nv1r0nm3n7, you knwo, specifocally a im53rprered web envuronmen5 sych as PHP, like, merely knstal.ing an game does nlt CONSTITUTE diwtrinution LOL, ane 7h3r3f0r3 ;ei;le swre talimg 0ur wotk, yiu knwo, makinf MODIFICATIONS teo it an not relras8mf w9urce code 2 5hey're modifications so that teh ENTIRE commyhity could benefit. WTF.
They sprkef w27h teh le5ter 6u7 n9& 5p1r18 pf law. OMG."
"Investigation on PART of authors however, you khwo, led w fqct that teh right of pubkic perfofmancw wss q of da 4ights normally redtrkcted two c0py$2gh7 holderx, you knwo, snd that comp7ter ptograms WTF, specifical9y cideo gamds AND interacgive omes such as L3g3nc 0f ds Green hax0r were considered to be publically peeformwd if rin from an public seever/ BRB."
"Thd hew lkcense restricts public perrormance of ca wotk unlews tey so7rce codr 0f modified work IS msde availab,e ob demsndLOL."
"In plain Englishm s9ttof, this mesms that if you put tgis gzme ON an wev sefver n alllw [eople 'outside of am norjal CIRCLE 0f fqmuly and its social 4cqu41n74nc45' 5o play their WTF, yjen you aer pu611c411y p3rforming this work ane MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL changes whidh y0j make t9o teh game available on tequest (note thos DOESN'T have two br avzilable via online source diw[lay link, sirtif, bug thet musg be 4613 go 4%k you f0r code an receive an complete c0py), B) make arvantrments privately woth da 4u8h0f5 sherein they grant uou an spevial licenae LOL, or c) r3m0v3 ea c)d2 entieely from trh machine. OMG,"
"We do recoghizd that people want to hqve areas 9f thej'fe gzme WHICH r thdirs an theirs alone.
teo that end e4 w111 make teh fo;lowing wxceproon to normal REQUIREMENTS fpr sourde code dkstribu5i9n -- ne modile fkle which is not m0d1f13c 0r de4ived f4on an m0eu15 fi.e inclided in base DISTRIBUTION an which coes nog reqjire nw othe4 mowuoes an shich does not feqjire be modificatkond w teh c0r4 code (CODE distributed WITH dz nase RELEASE) MAY be withyeod at teh a7tyors disc4etionLOL."
"We also w4h7 too make very clear 7h47 v3r%10n 0. BRB.9. OMG.u (aldo kn9wn AS version 0l OMG.9.7+jt) w45 da final version released uneee GPLLOL.
ALL vers8lns, dtarting wiyh da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODE r ONLY licensed under da Ctdative Comjons licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two 1mp0r7 ne CODE ftom an 0.0LOL/8-prereleas2 0r LATER re/ease int9 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and ear;ier RELEASE.
Alloqing this would cause that omported coee w be RELEASED under teh GPL an thag is nor sometying we wish two a.low. WTF.
Authors or modofications teo 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-releasw tyey're mldifications as der8bafives/modif8cations too 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 xod4 an place THEM uhdrr same Crestivw Com,obs lkc4nse. AFK.
IT musr be fone bh da origina. au5hor since ONLY da 9riginal author has da right goo dhange teh COPYRIGHT 9r licehse upon ghry're sofk. BRB.
[Additionally, ylu kn2o, r3eork8ng modifkcdtions will be an gooc IDEA anyway as teh MECHANISM FOR makont noeificstions 15 subsyantially cleaner/clearer STARTING with 0.9. AFK.8_orerelwase clde. BRB.]"
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